Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a passionate Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery to join a team of 12 Consultant Surgeons. This role involves providing high-quality surgical care, participating in audits, and managing junior staff. Candidates should have an MBBS Medical Degree and relevant experience in NHS settings. The Trust is committed to professional development and offers comprehensive resources to support ongoing learning and growth in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Previous NHS experience at Junior/Senior Clinical Fellow level.
• Subspecialty training or equivalent.
• Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required by GMC standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality service for in‑patient and out‑patient General Surgery.
• Participate in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• Supervise and manage junior medical staff.

Skills

Specific skills required for the role

Education

MBBS Medical Degree

Full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC

Possession of MRCS (or equivalent)

Higher Medical Degree

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow with well‑rounded training to join an existing team of 12 Consultants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the 12 Consultant Surgeons together with Specialist Registrars, Core Surgical Trainees and Foundation Trainees. The department provides a wide range of in‑patient and day‑case procedures and provides emergency and elective general surgery services as well as subspecialty services in Colorectal, Breast and Upper GI. The department has an excellent reputation for laparoscopic surgery and performs significant numbers of laparoscopic colorectal resections, groin and ventral hernia repairs and fundoplications each year. The laparoscopic approach is routine for appendicectomy and cholecystectomy (both elective and emergency). The breast unit performs over 250 cancer resections per year with both immediate and delayed reconstructions. Complex abdominal wall reconstructions are undertaken regularly for complex/giant incisional hernia.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work? and we were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don’t just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trust’s values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Job responsibilities

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a high quality service for in‑patient and out‑patient General Surgery.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
• To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for and devote time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for junior medical staff.
• In conjunction with the Divisional Senior Team, to take an active role in the management of the Division.
• In conjunction with the Divisional Director, Consultant & Senior colleagues, to play a full part in developing & implementing new ways of working in line with modernisation principles that are fit for the future.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.
• To observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures, in particular in relation to managing staff, and to follow the Trust’s Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.
• In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
• Any other duties as deemed appropriate.

Education and Training

Successful candidates will have access to all resources currently available in the Trust, including Library and Knowledge Services, e‑learning resources, Clinical Skills Training programmes, simulation training and other opportunities. Induction will be provided covering both generic and specialty specific requirements. For new starters in the UK there will be a one‑week programme in PGME prior to starting clinical duties to prepare the post holder for practice in the UK; this may be extended according to individual needs. Initial work in clinical areas would be supernumerary until the Clinical Supervisor agrees the doctor is ready to do on‑call. The post holder will be expected to develop a portfolio showing on‑going professional development and can access support from PGME to do this. The post holder will have a named Educational Supervisor with whom they will meet on a regular basis for appraisal, agree to a Personal Development Plan and receive assessment in the workplace and regular feedback, including multisource feedback.

On‑call

We work on a 1 in 9 full shift rota. Post holders will be expected to cooperate in the introduction of new ways of working and monitoring processes with the support of the junior medical doctors. Patients requiring major vascular procedures are transferred to the Sheffield Vascular Institute, which also provides emergency vascular cover. The ST3+ and equivalents cover urology admissions out of hours and are expected to liaise with the consultant urologist who is on call 24/7 if there are urological problems. There is a daily (including weekends) consultant‑led urology ward‑round.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous NHS experience at Junior/ Senior Clinical Fellow level
• Subspecialty training or equivalent

Qualifications

• Full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC
• MBBS Medical Degree
• Possession of MRCS (or equivalent)
• Higher Medical Degree

Ability/skills

• Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required by the GMC standards.

Research and Audit

• Where appropriate ask for relevant research published in peer review journals.
• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit.
• Relevant research published in peer review journal.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.